Somerset vs Thornville

A side-by-side comparison of Somerset and Thornville: population, income, housing, and more.

Somerset and Thornville are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Thornville has the higher population (1,608 vs 1,417 in Somerset). Thornville has the higher median household income ($100,000 vs $49,145 in Somerset). Thornville has the higher median home value ($249,300 vs $190,200 in Somerset).

Population, income & housing

	Somerset	Thornville
Population	1,417	1,608
Median age	33.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,145	$100,000
Median home value	$190,200	$249,300
Median gross rent	$774	$933
Housing units	711	651
Homeownership rate	59.6%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Somerset	Thornville
Population	1,728 → 1,417 (-18.0%)	1,042 → 1,608 (+54.3%)
Median household income	$49,516 → $49,145 (-0.7%)	$53,452 → $100,000 (+87.1%)
Median home value	$121,400 → $190,200 (+56.7%)	$164,500 → $249,300 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $774 (+29.0%)	$749 → $933 (+24.6%)

Somerset

Population

1,7281,417

Median household income

$49,516$49,145

Median home value

$121,400$190,200

Median gross rent

$600$774

Thornville

Population

1,0421,608

Median household income

$53,452$100,000

Median home value

$164,500$249,300

Median gross rent

$749$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Somerset	Thornville
Under 5	4.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	25.3%	22.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.8%
25 to 34	20.5%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	3.5%	16.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.3%
75 and over	10.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Somerset	Thornville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Somerset	Thornville
No high school diploma	11.6%	2.5%
High school graduate	39.6%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Somerset	Thornville
Drove alone	73.9%	89.0%
Carpooled	2.3%	3.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Somerset	Thornville
1-unit, detached	74.3%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Somerset	Thornville
Poverty rate	19.2%	2.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1956	1976